Five Golden Pods

Podcasts from Beijing, Duluth, Decorah, Galesburg & beyond

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Hosted by Holly

Episodes Include:

Pies, Cakes, and All Things Baked: Can there ever be too much of a good thing?
Many Happy Miles: Running with friends. Running Solo. Running Grandma’s?
Netflix – Who Me? Bingewatch?
Housekeeping: Getting comfortable with low-level clutter.
Middle Age Camping: Is it worth it? Special Guest Commentator and Investor – Doug B-B
Candy Crush: An hour a day keeps Cupcake Carl away (mostly)
Mastering the Middle School Classroom – After 23 years, learning to let the little things go
Fashion at 50: Still trying, still shopping.
Home Sometimes, Not All the Time – Featuring Sylvie, Frost, and Claire
Two Cups a Day: Strategies of a coffee snob
Managing the Unexpected: Striving for grace in the face of challenge

Episodes Include:

When the government shuts down, leave the country: My journey to Beijing, China
Nothing blocks the news like the Great Firewall: Adaptation and communication challenges during study abroad
“??????You can’t hit anyone)”: Living with a clever and naughty two year old boy (and his brother who was born my first day of class)
Journey [back] to the West: Solo travels in Thailand, Singapore, and New Zealand
No internet, no problems: 5+ weeks with a crew of incredible teenagers at Isle Royale National Park
Approaching the real world: More deliberation than decision making during first term of senior year
Denim Dynamite Water Polo Team: Winning games in spirit regardless of the final score

Hosted by Doug

Episodes Include:

“Just ask Doug. He’ll do it.” The curse of being dependable.
Snap, crackle, & pop: Living with 50 year old joints. Special guest star: Thanksgiving Mega-blizzard
Where the tree falls, a forest rises. Mourning the loss of mentor and friend, Xavier Bell.
If one job is good, five must be a lot better: Struggles with saying no.
And a trail runs through it… Biking the Duluth traverse.
These are my people. Working with white folx to dismantle white supremacy.
What was I thinking? Publishing a MA thesis in ASL.
The girls and the boys: Urban farming with chickens and guinea pigs.
Here we go again: the liberating feeling of a third teenage driver.
What happened to our empty nest? The joys and challenges of bonus parenting

Hosted by Frost

Episodes Include:

“Sorry, I have rehearsal” featuring the Luther College Concert Band, Symphony Orchestra, Cathedral Choir, Horn Quartet and Noble Brass Quintet
A Week in the City that Never Sleeps: Going to Broadway shows, Coney Island, and Central Park leads to snoozing on the subway.
The Value of All Those Email Accounts: Using all of them to binge watch all eight seasons of Game of Thrones on multiple free trials
Welcome to Tiki Tom’s Oasis and Grill: Adventures with friends at a summer job located inside an indoor hotel waterpark
Tuning My Own Horn: finding more and more complexity in the instrument I spend more and more time with.
What do you wanna be when you grow up? Surprising myself and others after deciding to double major in Music and Accounting
The Old College Try: completing my first full year at Luther College

Hosted by Claire

Episodes Include:

Dishwashing is greasier then it looks: Does working twice a month count as having a job?
The college search begins: What if I don’t ever want high school to end?
Soccer the full time job: practice? check. Signed captain contract and job description? Check. Party planning for 40+ girls? Check
Winter wonderland city: After three months of praying for it, the snow has arrived in large quantities.
Life of math: sometimes makes sense, not really sure what the real world application is, always a problem to solve.
Skrrt skrrt: The extreme freedom that comes with having access to a car.
Procrastination station: mastering the “night before it is due” strategy